The Member of Parliament (MP) for Akim Oda constituency Alexander Akwasi Acquah in the company of the District Chief Executive, Madam Victoria Adu and officials of the Ghana Education Service toured the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) centers in the constituency to inspect and encourage the candidates as they have their first experience of external examination.
The MP in a brief interview with newsmen during his visit encouraged the candidates to put up their best since they shall inherit the future. He appealed to the candidates not to engage in any examination malpractices since that could jeopardize their future.
The MP reminded the candidates that, the only way to make it from Junior High School (JHS) to the Senior High School (SHS) successfully is to pass the exams with flying colours.
He thanked the teachers and all who had prepared the students through “thick and thin” for the exams and asked them not to relent in their efforts to help all students who pass through their schools.
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She further pointed out that, the way internal parliamentary primaries are structured and organized do not help women following the keen competition that is involved, given the fact that women have to compete with men with the challenge of most of the women coming from the background of being in the informal sector and the care given roles of women, you find a woman taking care of the home from the informal sector you still have to use some of the resources taking care of the home – parents, in- laws, husband and children.
But Madam Gomashie believes the situation could be better, and emphasised that available and research data has proven that there are more women in Ghana than men; “I do not believe it’s because the women are not willing, it’s because we do not have the resources and the encouragement”. In an interview in Rwanda Kigali at the just ended 145th Assembly of the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU), she pointed out that she would champion any day anytime empowerment of women; and she is now more comforted because there are a lot more people pushing other women, encouraging them that they can do it.
Again, some have called for some safe seats for both major parties in parliament, so these things are encouraging but we need to firm some up, adding that in the one and a half years that she has been in parliament, “one thing that has pressed my bubbles is the gender ministry and what we could do with them has not happened”.
“I do not think we should just seat down and wish the number of seats for women should just increase, women everywhere in the country who have the intention of being in parliament need to take a step”. But the fact is most female MPs are tired of the talk shops; we are tired, we need pragmatic steps that would help us. Women should contest themselves that is fair and those who would be contesting and would be successful they are given the needed support and complement but not always workshop and nothing.
Touching on his participation at young parliamentary forum, he noted that Ghana has equally young MPs but the only thing is that they are not many and if the youth can be encouraged to participate in politics, then there would be more representation in parliament. He pointed out that whiles at IPU in Rwanda, he came across colleagues MP who are aged nineteen (19), twenty one (21) twenty-two (22) who are all members of Parliament representing various countries and constituencies.
